Ukraine: Establishment of the special tribunal for the crime of aggression must ensure victims-centered justice
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists (the ICJ) and the undersigned organizations are encouraged by steps taken towards the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression...
Russian Federation: Imprisoned lawyers who represented deceased opposition leader Alexei Navalny must be released and their convictions quashed
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the conviction and sentencing of Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Liptser, and Igor Sergunin to prison terms ranging from three and a half to five and a half years by the Petushinsky District Court in the Vladimir region. The...
Russian Federation: Authorities must end the prosecution of lawyer Dmitry Talantov for exercising freedom of expression
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns the ongoing criminal prosecution of Dmitry Talantov, a prominent Russian lawyer and former president of the Udmurtia Bar Association, and calls for the prosecuting authorities to put an immediate end to the trial against him and drop the charges.
Russian Federation: reinstate disbarred lawyer Aleksey Ladin and protect legal professionals from reprisals
The undersigned international lawyers’ rights and human rights organisations strongly condemn the Tyumen Regional Bar Council’s decision to disbar Russian human rights lawyer Aleksey Ladin in retaliation for his human rights work. We call on the Russian authorities to...Recent News
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